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Experimental Study of Direct Injected Marine Auxiliary Diesel Engine Performance, Emission and Cylinder Pressure Using Biodiesel Fuels Derived from Jatropha Curcas Oil

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Experimental studies have been carried out to investigate the effects of biodiesel fuels on the performance of a 4-stroke direct injected (DI) marine auxiliary diesel engine, brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions, exhaust gas temperature (EGT), and cylinder pressure. Biodiesel fuels were prepared from Jatropha curcas oil and blended with petroleum diesel to specific designated concentration. All the measured parameters for biodiesel fuels are compared with the base diesel, i.e. petroleum diesel for different engine speeds. The biodiesel resulted in a slightly increased of brake power (BP), brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) and exhaust gas temperature (EGT) proportional to the engine speed under all rated loads while slightly reduced the brake thermal efficiency (BTE) throughout engine speeds as load was exerted to the engine. In the other hand, there is no significant change of BSFC by biodiesel fuels as well as diesel corresponding to the range of engine speed and loads. The present work contributes in using biodiesel fuels as alternative fuel for diesel engines without major changes for engines parts. For comparison between biodiesel and diesel fuels, the viscosity is not the main parameter affecting on engine performance and emissions.

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This research was supported by Centre of Technology in Marine Engineering (CTME), Ungku Omar Polytechnic through research funded by Department of Polytechnic Education, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. The authors also want to oblige Department of Marine Engineering, Ungku Omar Polytechnic and Centre for Energy and Industrial Environment Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia for providing facilities, resources and expertise to accomplish the research works.

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  1. Department of Marine Engineering, Centre of Technology in Marine Engineering, Politeknik Ungku Omar, 31400, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

    Ridwan Saputra Nursal & Zakiman Zali

  2. Marine Engineering Technology Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Lumut, Perak, Malaysia

    Ismail Zainol

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre of Automotive Engineering Technology, Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah, 35950, Behrang, Perak, Malaysia

    Mohd Nazri Mohd Sabri

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Nursal, R.S., Zali, Z., Zainol, I., Sabri, M.N.M. (2018). Experimental Study of Direct Injected Marine Auxiliary Diesel Engine Performance, Emission and Cylinder Pressure Using Biodiesel Fuels Derived from Jatropha Curcas Oil. In: Öchsner, A. (eds) Engineering Applications for New Materials and Technologies . Advanced Structured Materials, vol 85. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72697-7_9

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